A surprise to open this last bottle and find it had improved since the last time we drank this wine in 2015. The wine is showing a nicely balanced Rhone style, still retaining a little spice on a nice fruit/bramble background. I would like to try one in another 5 years, I suspect it will still be going strong and enjoyable fore casual drinking. 91
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Needed about 15 mins of air and then opened up and was excellent with pasta with red sauce and Italian sausage. Tannins are pretty smooth and well integrated. Lots of the usually dark fruits, smoke. Excellent wine from a tough year to grow grapes in WA state.
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5/18/2021 - Steve Fishback wrote: 91 Points
A surprise to open this last bottle and find it had improved since the last time we drank this wine in 2015. The wine is showing a nicely balanced Rhone style, still retaining a little spice on a nice fruit/bramble background. I would like to try one in another 5 years, I suspect it will still be going strong and enjoyable fore casual drinking. 91
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11/1/2019 - Quarked wrote: 87 Points
This bottle was too hot and disjoint. Perhaps not the best bottle, or perhaps I waited too long or not long enough.
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3/1/2019 - ibglowin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Needed about 15 mins of air and then opened up and was excellent with pasta with red sauce and Italian sausage. Tannins are pretty smooth and well integrated. Lots of the usually dark fruits, smoke. Excellent wine from a tough year to grow grapes in WA state.
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5/15/2018 - jmcmchi wrote:
The fieriness is fading as tannins and spice are more fully integrated.
Still has a lot of mouth appeal.
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7/23/2017 - jmcmchi wrote:
Meaty with tannins fully integrated
Otherwise as previous notes....maturing into a relatively easy-drinking light-heavyweight
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